I understand that it may be a ‘soft’ 60 days, but there is risk if over.

What were all your soft/closing costs?

They also do dove tail drawers and soft close drawers/cabinet doors which are pretty much standards for cabinets now days.

Review title commitment and survey to make sure to deed restriction and/or HOA in place that would stop you from doing 4 plex2) Meet up with City/County planning office to make sure 4 plex can be build and lot has enough parking spot . 3) Talk to an architect to get an initial foot print, layout and foundation type (i.e. pier beam or post tension slab) 4) Bid out to get estimate for both soft cost (survey + construction drawings + Permit) and hard cost (cost of building)  Without #3 you really cant get hard estimate Problem is that you may not enough time to hash out #2-4.. prior to closing the land .. 

Must be in a mucky/swampy area, but typically they excavate out the soft materials and backfill with good material.

Especially with rents in Ballard getting a little soft after a crazy 10-year run. 

@Joe VilleneuveTransunion soft-pull and your income (both current and projected)

The roof had cracks and soft sheathing. 

The kind of thing that doesn't make or break your project financials - ie perhaps the jurisdiction doesn't have a great chance of 'making' you do it, so you can take it on more from a 'bring upside value' to your rents, etc.... and you get some 'soft' experience working through jacking something, pouring 1x new footer for a corner post, etc.  

Finally, be prepared for the soft costs associated with your plans (Zoning, Attorneys, Architects, PEs, etc. all cost a bunch of dough.)